All three defendants pled guilty to smuggling a 13 year-old girl into the United States from Mexico for the purpose of prostituting the victim. The men coerced the girl into prostituting herself to repay her "smuggling" fee, which was upwards of $2000. The defendants solicited business in Jackson, Wyoming, operating out of motels in the area. The three defendants kept all the money earned by the victim.

The defendants fled with the girl to Phoenix, Arizona, after an altercation between the defendants and customer resulted in a call to the police, The defendants remained in Arizona for eighteen months before returning to Jackson; however, police were not able to track down the defendants until a year after their return to Jackson.

Authorities believe that the girl was forced to prostitute herself throughout the two years that she was in defendants' custody. Authorities also suspect that the defendants enticed other women and girls to travel from Mexico to the United States as part of a larger trafficking ring, although no further charges have been made.